Hennessy: Warrior Tommy up there with the best

YOU want to know what makes Tommy Walsh different? No, it’s not his size – the Kilkenny multiple All-Ireland winner (5) and multiple All-Star (8) is bigger than he looks on television, and certainly a lot stronger. It’s his attitude.

“Brian Cody was telling me,” says Joe Hennessy, former club and county teammate of the long-serving Kilkenny manager, “If Tommy is injured and not fit to start, the big problem they have is – who’s going to tell him?

“Tommy will tell them ‘feck it I’m alright!’ He thinks that if he can run at all, he can play. If he’s having problems with the shoulder then just give him a smaller hurley, shorter, lighter, and he’ll try and play one-handed.